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Re: Cylinder pressure billm #1178508 08/17/2016 3:01 AM
Joined: Jan 2016 Posts: 631 Wausau WI S showkey 'Bolter
showkey 'Bolter S Joined: Jan 2016 Posts: 631 Wausau WI	Redneck compression gauge..........hold your thumb over the hole, crank the engine, thumb gets blown off the hole = adequate compression to start and run. Last edited by showkey; 08/17/2016 3:02 AM.

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Cylinder pressure	billm	08/16/2016 4:39 PM
Re: Cylinder pressure	tclederman	08/16/2016 6:46 PM
Re: Cylinder pressure	Hotrod Lincoln	08/16/2016 11:24 PM
Re: Cylinder pressure	showkey	08/17/2016 3:01 AM
Re: Cylinder pressure	52Carl	08/18/2016 2:04 AM
Re: Cylinder pressure	panic	08/17/2016 2:46 PM
Re: Cylinder pressure	showkey	08/18/2016 2:30 AM

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